Hitting the Right Notes (Paperback)

Paperback. Hitting the Right Notes: Film Directors and Composers in Harmony is a unique, multi-disciplinary volume co-authored by scholars from both media studies and music theory. The book features a chronological and systematic approach that concentrates on analyzing representative scenes from a broad spectrum of mainstream movies as exemplars. With a distinctive focus on versatile analytical tools from film studies, music cognition, and music theory, each chapter supplies background on the time period, director, composer, and their working relationship, then a close reading incorporates both visual analysis and musical elements beyond pitch and harmony. Robust yet accessible, Hitting the Right Notes highlights up-to-date ways of understanding film music, directly demonstrates their application across eras and genres, and displays the artistic magic directors and composers create together. It is essential reading for those interested in film and music. Robust yet accessible, Hitting the Right Notes: Film Directors and Composers in Harmony uses versatile analytical tools from film studies, music cognition, and music theory in close readings that span eras and genres, incorporate film and musical elements beyond just harmony, and show the magic directors and composers create together. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…